shǒu xí zhí xíng guāndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
chief executive officer (CEO)
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Original source entry:

首席執行官 首席执行官 [shou3 xi2 zhi2 xing2 guan1] /chief executive officer (CEO)/

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Other forms in these source records: 首席執行官

  • 首
    shǒu

    head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc

  • 席
    xí

    woven mat / seat / banquet / place in a democratic assembly / classifier for banquets, conversations etc / woven mat (variant of 席[xí])

    Xí

    surname Xi

  • 执
    zhí

    to execute (a plan) / to grasp

  • 行
    háng

    (bound form) row / line / (bound form) line of business / trade / profession / (bound form) commercial firm / (bound form) to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age) / (in data tables) row / (Tw) column / classifier for rows or lines

    héng

    used in 道行[dào héng]

    xíng

    (bound form) to walk / to go / to travel / (literary) trip / journey / visit / (bound form) temporary / makeshift / (bound form) current / in circulation / (bound form) to do / to perform / capable / competent / all right / OK! / will do / behavior / conduct (Taiwan pr. [xìng]) / (literary) about to / soon

  • 官
    guān

    government official / governmental / official / public / organ of the body / CL:個|个[gè]

    Guān

    surname Guan

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